Free Speech
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Appeals court reinstates doctor's First Amendment retaliation suit for challenging CRT, BLM
Judge usurped a jury by finding hospital board that removed Tara Gustilo as OB-GYN chair didn't consider her Facebook posts, which were prominently featured in "information packet" against her, 8th Circuit says.
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Conservative professor threatens lawsuit over suspension as free speech disputes rage on campuses
Penn did not punish blood libel against Jews, tacit call for second Holocaust, celebration of CEO's murder, Amy Wax's lawyer says. LSU squeezed between GOP governor, free speech group on professor who slurred Trump-voting students.
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Censorship empire strikes back with UN disinformation declaration, German charges for memes
Small Canadian town without a flagpole forced to pay LGBTQ group $15,000 for refusing to announce Pride month, fly rainbow flag.
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READERS' CHOICE: Top 5 stories on Just the News this week
The five most-read stories on Just the News for the week of 11/24-11/29
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Rumble sues California over new pair of laws requiring platforms to restrict user speech
The streaming platform argues that California’s new anti-deepfake laws will cause censorship of political speech.
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Colorado pays $1.5M to artist who refused to make same-sex wedding site after her SCOTUS win
Lorie Smith faced threats for nearly seven years from the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
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'Censorship cartel' on its heels as Trump appointees, litigation crack open alleged conspiracy
Federal judge grants further legal discovery into censorship pressure after SCOTUS setback this summer while censored journalist discloses "as close to a smoking gun as we could hope to find now."
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Free speech for students disappears if SCOTUS doesn't protect 'Only Two Genders' shirt: groups
"Let's Go Brandon," pro-life expression, "Don't Tread on Me" endangered as well, SCOTUS hears in friend-of-the-court briefs. If transgender students mature enough to choose medical interventions, why not to hear disagreement?
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University of Oregon bans 'offensive' Halloween costumes, gets slapped with legal warning
"College students have a right to enjoy the holiday without being haunted by the specter of censorship," Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression says.
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Deion's Prime Time: Warnings on locker room prayer, silent street evangelism foreshadow lawsuits
University of Colorado faces tug-of-war between dueling legal groups over its famous coach's fondness for religious expression in team settings. South Carolina town defends permit process to hold Christian signs on public sidewalks.
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Education secretary censors mom on X for showing he supports 'pornography in school': lawsuit
Nicole Solas is a lightning rod in Rhode Island, and she suspects Miguel Cardona singled her out on X "because of her high profile, her reputation among people interested in this debate, and her past activism on this issue."
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Judge blasts 'outrageous' arrest of Arizona mom who criticized bureaucrat, bans future arrest
"For more than two months I’ve been living with the threat of punishment and jail time — being taken away from my kids, even — for doing nothing more than criticizing the government," Rebekah Massie says.
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California agrees it can't punish satirical website Babylon Bee for election memes, parodies
"Our job is hard enough when our jokes keep coming true, as if they were prophecies," CEO Seth Dillon says.